Hi there. I am a BSN-trained RN with 1.5 years experience inpatient psych. I'm looking at the University of Southern Alabama, University of North Dakota and Eastern Kentucky for online PMHNP programs.
I'm looking for students who can share experiences from ACTUALLY attending these schools and can give advice on the quality of education, responsiveness of professors, and any other pertinent information that you can share. I am also open to receiving any other pointers on other schools I should be considering. Due to my financial circumstances, I have only been considering schools where I can graduate with less than 30k in additional debt.
mtsteelhorse are you still in school? I am interested in picking your brain if you are still on the chat boards. I too am a correctional nurse looking to go into PMHNP and wish to know if you felt correctional nursing is a good foundation to PMHNP. I have been at the prison the past year and I am looking to explore the state mental hospital to get more experience. Would love to know your thoughts. Thanks
FYI for anyone reading this post: RE: UND PMHNP program -It has had significant changes and is having some challenges. 1 primary professor for most of the psych NP classes who is also the director - with no accountability. Also, they do not provide everyone with clinicals as they advertise. Hopefully, the program will improve, but at the moment, they are not the first program I would recommend. Very poor communication, no support for students and you need the mentality that you will be teaching yourself.
Specializes in Utilization management, psychiatric-mental health.
On 12/22/2015 at 3:38 PM, mtsteelhorse said:
I am attending EKU and so far, so good. I am half-way through the program and clinical rotations begin next month. I like the layout of the program. Most courses are 8 weeks in length with different start times. I don't know how it compares to other programs. The entire program is online with proctored exams. I will get into the real meat of the psych material spring semester. I have heard UND is very good. I would steer clear of USA based on many, many bad reviews I've heard over the past few years. If anyone has had a good experience with USA please correct me!
Hi,
I know you posted a while ago but wanted to know how didntour clinical psych rotations went? Although the school is online based, do you have to find your own preceptor? And how are their admission criteria? Please let me know. I live in NYC btw so my worry is definitely getting into a program with a low GPA but also attending any in person classroom instruction and rotations.
Also, we just learned that the rates for the University of North Dakota - UND are skyrocketing to $827 from ~$480/ credit. >800 is comparable to other schools, but not when clinicals are not easily provided (instead they are currently patchworked together and you need to find your own if you are in another state). In the state of MN, many universities have priority with local hospitals/ facilities/ organizations -so, UND has great difficulty competing with clinical placements.
Specializes in Critical Care, Psych Mental Health.
I second the recent feedback on UND's PMHNP degree. Three major curriculum / program overhauls in less than two years. Most of the good instructors are gone. It's really unfortunate. I chose this program due to its reputation, and that rep is no longer valid. If you think you can teach yourself from a book, don't mind a ton of busy work, and have a job that allows last minute changes, this may be the program for you.
I'm very curious to hear from anyone who has been in the program this past year? Any updates?
Also, if I understand correctly there was the one difficult faculty who is gone. And unfortunately I just found she is faculty at Frontier now! Which was a school I was considering so now I'm not sure about Frontier!
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Peacockmaiden, why would you not recommend the program?